2015 JURORS
MARK PULLYBLANK
Mark began his animation career animating talking animals on the first Garfield movie. He has been an animation supervisor at Rainmaker Digital and Frantic Films, a senior animator at Sony Imageworks, and has worked in various departments at Weta Digital and as a former Mentor at animationmentor.com. Films that he has worked on include: Avatar, The Hobbit, The Adventures of Tintin, The Smurfs, Night at the Museum, and many others. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of THEIA Interactive, the Animation Department head of CG Spectrum, and a lecturer at California State University in Chico, California.
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CLAYT RATZLAFF
Clayt is the CEO and Lead Animator at Symbolic Pictures. His Client and credit list includes Amblin Entertainment and Steven Spielberg, Leo Barnett Agency, (USA and London), Doodle Films, Vibrant Films, McDonalds, as well as interactive game developers SEGA, Activision, Sony Online America, Vivendi Universal, EA Games, and Vision Scape Interactive. See his work at www.symbolicpictures.com
AYE JAY
Aye Jay is an illustrator from Chico, California who has been creating amazing pen and ink drawings both locally and nationally for the last twenty years. He is best known for Gangsta Rap Coloring Book, Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book, Country Music Fun Time Activity Book. You've probably also seen his work on posters, books, skateboards, shirts, and more. You can see his illustrations at www.ayejay.com and follow him on instagram @ayejayart.